Discover Marktschorgast

Marktschorgast offers several distinct themes to consider when planning your stay: hiking trails, church and local history, historic architecture and small green spaces. You can start by deciding whether you would rather focus on trails and landscapes, architectural details or local history. Information about route type, length and content can help you plan your stay around your own interests; you can then look for a hotel to match.

Hiking: circular route or railway heritage trail

An 11-kilometre circular hiking route leads from Marktschorgast via Weißenstein and back to Marktschorgast. With the intermediate destination and the return to the starting point, the key points of this loop are clear. You can factor its length directly into your plans; check the current trail signs on site.

The approximately 8-kilometre educational and information trail along the “Schiefe Ebene” railway incline offers a different focus. It explores the incline’s most striking engineering structures and brings together themes in technology and architectural history. The two routes therefore differ not only in their stated length: the circular hiking route goes via Weißenstein and returns to Marktschorgast, while the trail focuses on railway structures. Conditions along the “Schiefe Ebene” may change; check them before setting out.

Churches, market square and local history

The late Gothic parish church of St. James the Elder in Marktschorgast was first mentioned in 1109. Its first mention and its classification as late Gothic are two different historical points of reference. The late medieval defensive wall, with its “Schneckenturm” (snail tower), is also preserved at the churchyard. Together, the church and wall highlight architectural history and fortifications.

The Historic Market Square is defined by a listed row of colourful Biedermeier façades. Most of the buildings are two-storey rendered structures with sandstone detailing and segmental-arched passageways. Below the market square, the Floriansbrunnen (St Florian’s Fountain), dating from 1685, adds to the historic townscape. The façades, building materials and passageways offer a different perspective from the church complex and its defensive wall.

Local church history also includes the Evangelical Association of Marktschorgast, founded in 1898, which campaigned to build a Protestant church of its own. The baptismal font, altar and pulpit in the Dreifaltigkeitskirche (Church of the Holy Trinity) are made of reddish Vogtland granite. A historic coat-of-arms stone in the administration building of Marktschorgast Town Hall can be viewed during opening hours. Check the Town Hall’s current opening hours before your visit.

Garden and small park

There is a herb garden in Unteranger with a wide variety of unusual medicinal, aromatic and culinary plants. A different feature lies behind the parish church: Stöckleinsteich pond has been transformed into a small park that provides a habitat for ducks and goldfish. These are two distinct attractions—the variety of plants in the garden and the habitat around the pond.

Further perspectives in the wider destination of Kulmbach

Those looking beyond Marktschorgast to the wider destination of Kulmbach will find further distinct attractions there. The nature trail on Kulmbacher Rehberg is about 4 kilometres long and includes 21 learning stations. The German Steam Locomotive Museum in Neuenmarkt preserves more than 30 steam locomotives in a historic railway setting. These attractions complement Marktschorgast with nature education and railway history in the wider destination.

Discover more destinations: Grafengehaig, Himmelkron, Untersteinach, Wirsberg, Kasendorf, Presseck, Wonsees, Trebgast.

Back to the wider travel overview: Kulmbach.